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Dave O'Brien is the former Athletic Director at Long Beach State, Temple University and Northeastern University. He is currently an Associate Teaching Professor and Program Director of Sports Management at Drexel University, an editor of College Sports Business News[1] and managing partner of O'Brien Sports Group.[2]

O'Brien was Athletic Director at Long Beach State from 1989-96 and oversaw two major moves: cutting the football program in 1991 and building the Walter Pyramid, the basketball arena which opened in 1994.[3]

During O'Brien's tenure at Temple (1996-2002), the Owls' men's basketball team went 135-65 and made it to the NCAA Tournament in five of six seasons under head coach John Chaney. The team advanced to the Elite Eight in 1999 and 2001. The football team struggled and was voted out of the Big East shortly before O'Brien resigned from Temple in January 2002.[4]

At Northeastern from 2002-07, O'Brien was responsible for hiring current men's basketball coach Bill Coen, women's basketball coach Daynia La-Force[5], former football coach Rocky Hager[6] and former men's ice hockey coach Greg Cronin.[7] The school announced a move from the America East Conference to the Colonial Athletic Association in 2004.[8] After O'Brien left Northeastern in 2007, the school cut the football team following the 2009 season.[9]

O'Brien is a graduate of Moravian College and Seton Hall Law School.[10]

References

  1. ^ http://collegesportsbusinessnews.com/author/david-o-brien
  2. ^ http://www.obriensportsgroup.com/about.htm
  3. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-28/sports/sp-50923_1_long-beach
  4. ^ http://articles.philly.com/2002-01-22/sports/25343698_1_temple-job-temple-university-dave-o-brien
  5. ^ http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2006/04/15/northeastern_basketball_nets_pair/?page=full
  6. ^ http://www.atlantic10.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/031704aaa.html
  7. ^ http://www.uscho.com/2005/04/12/cronin-introduced-at-northeastern/
  8. ^ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/2004-06-23-caa-northeastern_x.htm
  9. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/ncf/news/story?id=4681701
  10. ^ http://goodwin.drexel.edu/profiles/Dave_OBrien.php
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